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by Tom Waits When you walk through the garden You gotta watch your back Well I beg your pardon Walk the straight and narrow track If you walk with Jesus He's gonna save your soul You gotta keep the devil Way down in the hole He's got the fire and the fury At his command Well you don't have to worry If you hold on to Jesus hand We'll all be safe from Satan When the thunder rolls Just gotta help me keep the devil Way down in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword And they'll shield you with their wings And keep you close to the lord Don't pay heed to temptation For his hands are so cold You gotta help me keep the devil Way down in the hole
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When I was a girl of five I first felt the hand of god Walking in the light of grace 'till the light burned my grace away Now I'm old, and I'm dead inside There's no place for that little girl left to hide
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Well I was just ten years old When I was sent to live among the doves White shoes with dirty seams Was how I caught his eye, it seems He had a strange smile but a friendly face He said, “I’m going to take you to a special place.” Well there were days when I couldn’t tell Just where the hand would fall Sometimes I’d close my eyes And swear I’d hear the angels’ call It filled me up with thoughts of power and grace Grace for the nights spent in his special place Don’t you wish, don’t you wish Don’t you wish, don’t you wish Don’t you wish, don’t you wish, don’t you wish You could die? Now, when I sleep at night I keep one eye aimed at the sky Sixteen and so it seems The devil lives inside my dreams His is a touch I know I can’t erase I keep it hidden in my special place
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Wait Forever 01:50
I thought that I was grace before the storm So I will wear my uniform And disappear completely I thought that I could blend into the walls So I will walk these sacred halls Until he calls me to his side I will wait, I will wait I will wait for him, somehow I will wait, I will wait I will wait forever, now This is what they meant when they said Take the vow until he needs me This is where I’ve made my bed Now I won’t bite the hand that bleeds me I will wait…
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The Grift 02:01
Ten thousand years, we've waited for him Ten thousand stories we've passed down for him Left at the altar by the one we adored The passion, the glory, the grift of the lord By sacred arrangement I traded my years For false obligations, and debts in arrears Always one step behind under his guilded sword The power, the glory, the grift of the lord Never again will I drink from his cup Never again will I fall for his bluff The gift is a con, and the grace is corrupt Ten thousand hustlers would bow before him Ten thousand shots of redemption for them Sold at a price I could never afford Bilked and bamboozled by the grift of the lord The passion, the glory, the grift of the lord Left double-crossed by the grift of the lord
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Take the Chalice from the shelf Then place the veil upon its face Precious blood now flowing through its veins Preserver of the Human Race Place the ring onto its hand Then set the crown of thorns in place Divine pricks received in suffering Foretastes its life of endless grace Selfless Handmaid, Bride of Christ I’m pinned beneath his weight Blinded by eternal light My eyes, my eyes, can’t see the glory Black inside now 30 years I vowed my soul to him Gift of life I’ve never lived A blessed and never-ending story Lord, I can feel your blood Rushing through my empty heart Now, my faith abandons me My fall from grace keeps us apart If I die before I break I’ll pray one final wish for me Kiss the girl that I once was Let her blameless soul be free
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Faith begets power, then Power trumps wisdom When wisdom breeds tension Which morphs into fear, until Fear becomes might, which Bleeds into corruption Then man builds a fortress Like ants building castles From the outside of a stronghold, looking in You can see the faithful soldiers hit their marks, then disappear I have waited my whole life to be delivered to his castle Now I know I have been left behind

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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
- Thomas Aquinas

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released February 24, 2015

Featuring special guests Russell Mofsky, Ali Culotta & Beatriz Monteavaro.
Recorded and mixed at Dan Hosker Studios by Frank "Rat Bastard" Falestra
Artwork by Gregory McLaughlin.

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In the 1990's/2000's, Rob Elba and Fausto Figueredo played in the South Florida bands Holy Terrors and Load respectively. In 2013 they joined together to form Shark Valley Sisters. In 2016 guitarist Dano Ceritelli and bass player Will Trev joined the band. ... more

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